Part wildlife memoir, part birder's journal, part celebrity biography, Jane Alexander's personal story about visiting natural places around the world covers a lot of ground. Alexander has been involved in biodiversity preservation, largely through New York's Wildlife Conservation Society, since the 1970s. She has visited Madagascar, the Galapagos Islands, Myanmar, and Bhutan, to name just a few exotic places. Alexander reads her own work. Although an accomplished stage and screen actor, she is inclined to monotone. Like many of us, she seems to have learned her reading aloud skills at bedtime. Still, her pronunciation is always clear, and her pacing is excellent. Alexander mourns the hunting and habitat destruction currently driving so many of the world's most unique and beautiful species to extinction.
Pub Date: Sept. 27, 2016
Duration: 11 hrs
DD ISBN: 9780735286993
Publisher: Random House Audio
Review Posted Online: Jan. 22, 2026
James Michener tells the real stories behind the man and his books. The recording is read with skill and consistency although the reader does little to enhance the robust, larger-than-life incidents related in the book. Due to the first-person narrative format, there is no opportunity for the narrator to change his voice. This makes some chapters monotonous as they go on and on in the typical Michener style. The listener may also become confused because the stories are not told chronologically. This is not a great choice for the audio format, but Michener fans may stick with it to the end.
Pub Date: N/A
Duration: 22 hrs
Publisher: Books on Tape
Review Posted Online: Jan. 22, 2026
In a quest for a sense of inner contentment and self-worth, Gloria Steinem brings the reader on a journey of investigation and discovery. Steinem reads the text herself in a straightforward and friendly, but not intimate, presentation which is so easy to listen to it invites repetition--thus ensuring the painless relearning of the lessons of the book. It's difficult to tell from the reading that this audiobook is abridged; each section can stand alone. Nonetheless, the listener wished the book were unabridged. Steinem left me wanting to learn more.
Pub Date: N/A
Duration: 3 hrs
Publisher: Dove Audio
Review Posted Online: Jan. 22, 2026
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